One bright spot amid the past quarter was Britain’s record-breaking 67 days of coal-free electricity. Remarkably, the birthplace of coal-based industrialization met power demands for more than two months without firing up a single coal plant. Although encouraging, the exceptionalism of this news highlights the lengths we still have to go.
Rapid coal phase-out is a key part of limiting warming below 2°C, and new research provides insight into how that could happen. A mix of climate and non-climate factors, as well as market and non-market drivers, are key to charting out a speedy and equitable transition.
